We have an answer:
I did stay home today because my stomach ache and gagging last night turned into a full night of throwing up (mostly dry heaves) plus a nasty cocktail of symptoms. My body was spent when I woke up at 6:00 this morning and it felt like I had not slept all night, even though I had been in bed since 21:15 minus the times I was anchored on or over the john. I called in just before 7:00 and went back to bed and didn't get up again until almost 10:30. I'm starting to get better, I think, just now down to a severe headache, but I'm still going to take the rest of the day off and go in tomorrow. If this affects my job then so be it.
Is it apropos that, in my head, all of Jeff's posts are read in Droopy's voice?